Actor who plays Lance Hunter readies for Season 3 of superhero show

Even mercenaries have to do laundry, and spies take time to scrub the dishes. At least so says Nick Blood, the British actor who plays Lance Hunter on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

As the high-octane superhero series readies for its third season on ABC and CTV, there’s a lot for fans to look forward to. Coulson (Clark Gregg) has a new super-powered team centred on Skye (Chloe Bennet), and Ward (Brett Dalton) plans to lead the remains of Hydra.

“I think Hunter might have a bit of payback for Ward. I’m sure he wants to get back at Ward for what he’s done,” says Blood.

But the 33-year-old London native also sweats the small stuff — the kind of things that normally get glossed over when you’re on a show that deals in spies and superheroes and supernatural phenomena.

“I’d love to see them just doing day-to-day stuff. Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), Coulson and Hunter just going to the grocery store. Or clothes shopping. I always wonder when they have time to buy a pair of jeans. Where do they go for a night out? What do they like to eat?”

For the record, Blood has Hunter’s meals planned out: “I reckon he’d be eating a lot of meat. Something he could kill with his bare hands.”

‘I always wonder when they have time to buy a pair of jeans. Where do they go for a night out? What do they like to eat?’

Blood is also intrigued by Hunter and his ex-wife Bobbi (Adrianne Palicki) — the Season 1 finale saw Bobbi take a bullet for him.

“It was nice to see how it all culminated with Hunter and Bobbi getting brought back together and Hunter trying to kid himself that he doesn’t care anymore, that he hates her,” says Blood.

“I’d like to see where their relationship goes — it’d be interesting to see a third party become involved, if one of them hooked up with someone else. I think Hunter, if he found out Bobbi was with someone, wouldn’t be able to keep his cool. You’d see his embarrassing, pathetic side.”

Fans will potentially be able to follow Bobbi and Hunter’s story on the spinoff Marvel’s Most Wanted. Rumours of the new series centred on the couple first surfaced in April, but after much back and forth ABC (which also airs Marvel’s Agent Carter) announced a pilot order for it last month.

“I’m happy and grateful for what I have,” says Blood. “We’ll just have to wait and see what Marvel has up its sleeve, because I’m sure it’ll be fun.”